Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention comes days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate.
Category: World
Israel launches fresh Gaza strikes as it vows to resume fighting ‘in full force’
The bombing is not of the same scale as it was on Tuesday, but it shows no let-up in Israel’s fresh assault.
Russia and Ukraine carry out attacks after Putin-Trump call
The attacks came hours after Vladimir Putin said Russia would stop targeting Ukrainian energy sites.
Putin gives Trump just enough to claim progress on Ukraine peace
Trump made a big deal of his conversation with Putin, but there is little to shout about, Sarah Rainsford writes.
‘Nigerian Senate is run like a cult’, suspended MP tells BBC
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan says the system is trying “silence” her after she made sexual harassment allegations.
Ghosts of apartheid haunt South Africa as compensation anger brews
Anti-apartheid activists like Mzolisi Dyasi feel let down after the sacrifices they made for democracy.
US and European armies should join our war on gangs, Ecuador president tells BBC
Daniel Noboa is calling on international armies to fight the cartels trafficking most of the world’s cocaine.
Carney meets Macron on first foreign visit as PM
Carney described Canada as the “most European of non-European countries”.
BBC Verify: Mapping Israel’s wave of strikes
More than 400 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been assessing footage of the strikes and building a picture of the damage done.
Watch: Astronauts splash down on Earth after extended stay in Space
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have landed near Tallahassee, Florida after a 286-day mission at the International Space Station.